FILES INCLUDED

Four Stata data files:
1. JEPS diverse pre-treatment data (the main file)
2. JEPS diverse pre-treatment appx fig1 data (to create Appx Figure 1)
2. JEPS diverse pre-treatment appx fig2 data (to create Appx Figure 2)
4. JEPS diverse pre-treatment wave1 only data (to create part of Appx Table 22)


Three Stata do files:
1. JEPS diverse pre-treatment code (the main do file)
2. JEPS diverse pre-treatment code appxf1f2 (to create Appx Figures 1 & 2)
3. JEPS diverse pre-treatment code tablea22 (to create Appx Table 22)

 ** Do files 2 and 3 require the use of multiple data files, as indicated in the do file comments.

One Stata output file:
1. The main output file, followed by the output for Appendix F1 & F2 and Table 22


VARIABLES

** SEE SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX FOR SURVEY QUESTION WORDING **

weight
survey weight, from YouGov

treat
survey arm: 1 = immigration, 2 = health care

q3_imm and q3_hc
opinions at Time 1
  1 = strongly support
  2 = somewhat support
  3 = neither support nor oppose
  4 = somewhat oppose
  5 = strongly oppose

treat_w2
treatment condition: 
  1 = control
  2 = Reminder 1 (decision only)
  3 = Reminder 2 (decision + majority argument)
  4 = Reminder 3 (decision + majority + dissent/concurrence)

q1_wave2_immig_1 through q1_wave2_immig_7
q1_wave2_health_1 through q1_wave2_health_7
news headlines respondents checked if they had seen, all from the days before the rulings: 
  1 = new president in Egypt
  2 = verdict in Sandusky trial
  3 = Red Sox trade Youkilis
  4 = Supreme Court rules on [Arizona immigration law / federal health care legislation]
  5 = Romney holds retreat in Utah for major donors
  6 = Dick Cheney's daughter marries partner
  7 = Ann Curry leaves The Today Show

q3_wave2_immig and q3_wave2_health
opinions at Time 2
  1 = strongly support
  2 = somewhat support
  3 = neither support nor oppose
  4 = somewhat oppose
  5 = strongly oppose

black, hispanic
dummy variables for self-identified race (1 = yes, 0 = no)

direction
DV created from q3_imm and q3_wave2_immig or from q3_hc and q3_wave2_health
  1 = opinion became more supportive from T1 to T2
  0 = opinion didn't change between T1 and T2
  -1 = opinion became less supportive from T1 to T2

married
self-identified marital status, 1 = married, 0 = anything other than married

college
dummy variable for at least some college, including 2 year degree, 4 year degree, and advanced degrees (1 = yes, 0 = no)

high_news
dummy variable for following the news “most of the time” (1 = yes, 0 = no), vs. “some of the time,” “only now and then,” “hardly at all,” or “don’t know”

male
dummy variable for gender, 1 = male, 0 = female

age
respondent's age at time of survey (in 2012)

educat1 through educat5
dummy variables for respondent's level of education (baseline / not included category is post-graduate degree)
  1 = no high school
  2 = high school graduate
  3 = some college
  4 = 2-year college degree
  5 = 4-year college degree

polinterest
respondent's stated level of political interest
  1 = very much interested
  2 = somewhat interested
  3 = not much interested
  4 = not sure

enews_show_1 through enews_show_7
respondent indicated regularly watching the following evening news shows (could check multiple shows):
  1 = ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
  2 = CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley
  3 = NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
  4 = Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier
  6 = CNN's John King
  7 = MSNBC's Politics Nation

localeve, localnewspaper
respondent's self-reported number of days watching local evening news / reading local papers, from 0-7

employed
dummy variable, 1 = respondent currently employed full-time, 0 = respondent not currently employed full-time

republican_all
dummy variable, based on YouGov 7-point PID variable
  1 = lean Republican / not very strong Republican / strong Republican
  0 = anything else

R1, R2, R3
dummy variables corresponding to the treatment conditions from treat_w2 (1 = in treatment condition, 0 = not in treatment condition)

